Nanci
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAN-see
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Nanci is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Nanci mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Nancy, an English pet form of Ann
“grace, favour”
A spelling of Nancy, which began as an English pet form of Ann, from Hebrew Hannah.
Is Nanci a girl's or a boy's name?
Nanci is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nanci in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Nanci, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nanci in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 720 girls in the UK were given Nanci or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #79, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Nanci in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Nanci in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1953, with 222 girls. It first appears in the records in 1928.
Half of all the girls named Nanci in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nanci in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 59 | #2,567 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,304 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,412 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,186 |
| 1991 | 61 | #2,157 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,253 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,330 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,194 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 48 | #2,068 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 50 | #2,061 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,096 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,729 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,838 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,563 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,607 |
| 1972 | 80 | #1,280 |
| 1971 | 88 | #1,253 |
| 1970 | 105 | #1,118 |
| 1969 | 98 | #1,117 |
| 1968 | 118 | #951 |
| 1967 | 125 | #914 |
| 1966 | 144 | #830 |
| 1965 | 129 | #878 |
| 1964 | 140 | #876 |
| 1963 | 119 | #973 |
| 1962 | 121 | #967 |
| 1961 | 155 | #848 |
| 1960 | 153 | #832 |
| 1959 | 154 | #826 |
| 1958 | 152 | #817 |
| 1957 | 177 | #748 |
| 1956 | 216 | #649 |
| 1955 | 205 | #653 |
| 1954 | 201 | #650 |
| 1953 | 222 | #593 |
| 1952 | 220 | #584 |
| 1951 | 203 | #602 |
| 1950 | 158 | #674 |
| 1949 | 149 | #689 |
| 1948 | 159 | #660 |
| 1947 | 168 | #638 |
| 1946 | 116 | #761 |
| 1945 | 102 | #737 |
| 1944 | 100 | #762 |
| 1943 | 70 | #935 |
| 1942 | 63 | #987 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,166 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,186 |
| 1939 | 60 | #903 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,288 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,691 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
Nicknames for Nanci
- Nan
Names like Nanci
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Heidi, Joni, Betsy, Maria, Robyn, Connie, Sara, Mimi, Darcie, Marnie, Bonnie, Noemi
Other spellings of Nanci
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nanci: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nanci, updated 20 October 2026.